February 1867 North German federal election

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All 297 seats in theReichstag 149 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	~65% (in Prussian constituencies)
First party Second party Third party   DKP DRP Leader Rudolf von Bennigsen Eduard Georg von Bethusy-Huc (nominal) Party NlP Conservatives DRP Leader since 1867 1866 Seats won 78 63 39 Popular vote 753,758 629,360 348,537 Percentage 20.19% 16.86% 9.33%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Polen Leader Georg von Vincke Benedict Waldeck Party Old Liberals DFP Polish Party Leader since 1858 1867 Seats won 31 19 13 Popular vote 265,670 276,321 209,382 Percentage 7.12% 7.40% 5.61%
Map of results (by constituencies)
President of the Reichstag after election Eduard von Simson Independent

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Elections to the ConstituentReichstag of theNorth German Confederation were held on 12 February 1867, with run-off elections during the following weeks. TheNational Liberal Party emerged as the largest party, winning 80 seats and receiving strong support inHanover,Kassel andNassau.^[1] Voter turnout was around 65% inPrussian constituencies.^[2] After the Constituent Reichstag had drawn up and agreed a constitution,fresh elections were held in August.

The North German Confederation were divided into 297 single-member electoral constituencies. Elections were conducted under thetwo-round system. All men over the age of 25, who were in full enjoyment of their civil rights, who were resident in the place of election and had nationality in one of the States belonging to the Confederation for at least three years, who were not under guardianship or curate, who were not engaged in bankruptcy proceedings, and who were not in receipt of public assistance were eligible to vote.^[2]

TheFree Conservative Party, theNational Liberal Party, theGerman Progress Party, and theOld Liberals, all of them in support of the policies ofOtto von Bismarck, won a clear majority of seats. On the other hand, in the recently annexed Prussian provinces ofSchleswig-Holstein andHanover, Federal-Constitutional candidates achieved electoral successes. TheSaxon People's Party, the predecessor of theSocial Democratic Party of Germany, entered the parliament with two representatives.^[3]

Two separate parliamentary groups would later be formed: the Free Association out of 11 liberals and 3 conservatives; and the Federalist-Constitutionalist Union, out of 7 Schleswig-Holstein particularist liberals, one other liberal, 4 clericals, all 9 German-Hanoverians, and one independent conservative.

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